Toy pistol



March 25, 1924.`

B. A. COLE d Aug. 28 1923 Patented Mar. 25, 1924i.

UNITE STATES BmTIAMIN A. COLE, F ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA.

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Application led August 28, 1923. Serial No. 659,820.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN A. COLE,

a. citizen of the United States, residing at Anaheim, in the county ofOrange, State of California, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Toy Pistols; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others l@ skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toys, andparticularly to toy pistols. One object of the invention is to provide anovel and improved form of toy pistol which is adapted to shoot rubberbands as the projectiles, and is especially useful in killing flies. soAnother object is to provide a pistol of this character which has noveland eflcient means for releasing the rear end of the rubber band fromits retaining pin.

Other objects and advantages will be aps parent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Fi re 1 is a pers ective view of a toy pisto made in accor ance with theinvention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the lock portionof the pistol, showing the band releasing plunger lifted to push theband from the pin.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, the pistol is shownas comprising a stock or grip 10, a lock or middle portion 11, andthebarrel 12. The upper face of the barrel Ais flattened throughout itslen h, as shown at 13, and extending longitu inallv along the center ofthis flat face is. a rib 14, the outer end of said rib being slightlyundercut, as 45- shown at 15. This face, as clearly seen in the drawing,inclines downwardly and outwardly, from the lock or middle portion, tothe outer end of the barrel. The upper face of the lock ortion is flat,and has a rearwardly extending projection 16, which overlies the upperend of the stock or grip portion. In the upper face of this projection16 there is disposed an upwardly, and slightly rearwardly inclined 'pin17, around which the rear end portion of the rubber band 18 is engaged.Pivotally mounted in the lower portion of the lock portion is a trigger19, the same working within a guard 20, and having a rearwardly extending lug 21 which is disposed within the 60 lock portion of the pistol.Slidable vertically in the rear end of the lock portion, and having itslower end disposed directly over the said lug 21, is a plunger 22, theupper end of which is arranged to rise above the upper faceof the lockportion, when the .trigger is pulled rearwardly. The upper end of theplunger 22 is grooved ,for engagement with the closely associatedportion of the rear end of the rubber band, when said band isengagedaround the pin 17, whereby, when said plunger is moved upwardy, uponpulling theV trigger, the band will be lifted from the pin, andpermitted to fly forwardly from the forward end of the barrel, as willbe readily understood. Disposed within the lock portion of the pistol,and connected at its opposite ends to the lower end portion of theplunger 22, and to the wall of the said lock por- 8o tion, is a spring23, which normally draws the plunger down with its upper end in theplane of the upper face of said lock portion.

It will be noted, that by reason of the fact that the pin 17 is of smalldiameter, the side portions of the rubber band, engaged around the pin,will be disposed in close proximity to each other, so that when thetrigger is pulled the plunger will rise 99 beneath the said portions ofthe band and push the same from the upper end of the pin.

What is claimed is:

A toy pistol including a grip, a lock, and a barrel, the barrel having alongitudinal rib on its upper face, a rubber band retaining pin on theupper face of the lock portion, the other end of the said rib beinarranged to retain the other end of theloop 100 of the rubber band, atrigger, and a plunger slidable vertically through the upper face of thelock of the pistol forwardly of In testimony whereof, I afix my signa.-lghe dsad pinhin positionl to1 lift th rubber ture, in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

an rom t e in, sai un er ein@ resiliently held in I:lepressedppostgionthetlzrig- BENJAMIN A. COLE 5 ger having al projection arranged to moveWitnesses:

the plunger upwardly into band releasing C. E. MGCULLOCH, position. O.F. LEE.

